Environmental Technologies Trade Advisory Committee (EETAC)

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

Environmental Technologies Trade Advisory Committee (EETAC)

AGENCY: International Trade Administration, US Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of Recruitment for Additional Members for ETTAC.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Technologies Trade Advisory Committee

(ETTAC) was established by Charter pursuant to the Jobs Through Trade

Expansion Act of 1994 (22 U.S.C. 2151). The ETTAC is administered by

the U.S. Department of Commerce under the provisions of the Federal

Advisory Committee Act (FACA). The ETTAC was established on May 31,

1994; it was rechartered on June 4, 1996, and on July 15, 1998, for two

years.

The ETTAC advises the Environmental Trade Working Group of the

Trade Promotion Coordination Committee (TPCC) through the Secretary of

Commerce. A Recommendations Report was presented to the Secretary of

Commerce in October, 1996; in March 1999, a white paper on Impediments

to Environmental Trade was presented to the TPCC. Additional reports

will be presented regularly.

The Department of Commerce is seeking additional candidates from

medium and large sized business from the following subsectors of the

environmental industry:

(1) Analytic Services

(2) Trade Associations focused on international markets

(3) Air Pollution Control/ Monitoring Equipment

(4) Process and Prevention Technologies

(5) Environmental Energy Sources

(6) Solid and Hazardous Waste Equipment and Management

Committee members serve in a representative capacity, and must be

able to generally represent the views and interests of a certain

subsector. We are seeking CEO, President, Executive Vice President and

International Management level candidates.

Please send a fact sheet on your company that details your

company's activity in the subsector listed above, as well as a short

biographical sketch on the executive who wishes to become a candidate.

Materials can be faxed to the number listed below.

Deadline: This request will be open for three weeks from the date

of publication of the Federal Register.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The Office of Environmental

Technologies Exports, Room 1003, US Department of Commerce, 14th and

Constitution, NW, Washington, DC 20230; Phone 202-482-5225.

Materials may be faxed to 202-482-5665, attention Sage Chandler

Dated: January 20, 2000.

E. Sage Chandler,

Office of Environmental Technologies Exports.

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